Social services staff asked to make decisions about the future of five children were involved in an attempted “cover-up”, a family court judge has said. Judge Mark Horton said there
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The Scottish Labour Party has announced it would compel all councils and private firms engaged in council contracts to pay the living wage of at least £7.85 an hour to
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This is a summary of common weaknesses in local authorities that were judged inadequate in inspections, between January and May 2015, under the single inspection framework. It aims to help
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The Government has issued an Improvement Notice to Cumbria County Counicl over ongoing problems in its children’s services department. Following earlier ‘inadequate’ inspections, Ofsted have now said action must be
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Disabled people are sleeping fully-clothed in their wheelchairs and surviving on biscuits due to cuts to social care, according to a new report. Many are in crisis because social care
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Councils spend just 1% of their budget on preventing mental health problems, a charity has said. Mind said the battle to prevent poor health was also undermined by the fact
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Communities Secretary Greg Clark has urged more councils to contact their local branch of the Alzheimer’s Society and offer training to their staff to help the society reach 4 million
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The most senior family court judge in England and Wales has told social services bosses that “misuse and abuse” of legislative provisions aimed at providing short-term accommodation to children who
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Social service bosses should have moved more quickly to protect five children at the centre of abuse and neglect concerns, a family court judge has suggested. Swindon Borough Council had
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A specialist multi-agency team aimed at targeting the criminal behaviour of scammers and supporting their vulnerable victims is now operating in Angus. Angus Financial Abuse Support Team (FAST) came together
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